Motor-vehicle.



No. 652,57l. Patented June 26, I900.

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MOTOR VEHICLE.-

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MUTORVEHICLE;

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MOTOR VEHICLE.

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MOTOR VEHICLE.

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MOTOR-VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part f Letters Patent No. 652,571, dated'June 26, 1900.

Application filed August 16,1899. Serial No. 727,466. (No model.)

To ttZZ 1072,0771 it may concern:

Be it known that I, Orro WAECHTERS- HAEUSER, a citizen of the United States, residing at 10 South Fifth street, Elizabeth, Union county, New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in M0- tor-Vehicles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification; f

Myinvention relates to means for operating vehicles, and has for its object more particularly to provide a simple, efficient, and economical motor for the purposes above named. I

The object above set forth I am enabled to attain by means of my invention, which consists in the novel details of construction and in the combination, connection, and arran gement of parts hereinafter more fully set forth and then pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings,wherein like characters of reference indicate like parts,Figure 1 is a plan View of a vehicle-body, showing my motor applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail section taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 4:, showing one set of cylinders and the means for operating the same. .Fig. 4: is an enlarged detailplanview of the portion of the apparatus shown in section at Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is an enlarged side view, partly in section, of

. one of the ratchets and lever attached thereto.

Fig. 6 is a side view thereof. Fig. 'iis an enlarged detail section showing oneset of cylinders, thevalve mechanism, and means for operating the same. 7 8 is an enlarged detail section showing the connection between said cylinders and the valve mechanism arranged therein, and Fig. 9 is a diagrammatic perspective'view showing the various trains of ing for operating the vehicle.

In said drawings, A designates a vehicle. body which is supported upon the forward axle B and steering-wheels B B and rear: axle O and driving-Wheels O O, and D D I)?- D D D denote, respectively,loose and fixed I pulleys arranged upon said rear axle C;

In the front part of the vehicle-body A are 1 provided receptacles E E, adapted to receive any suitable operating fluid-such, forex ample, as water, alcohol, oil, or glycerin-and disposed within these receptacles are cylindersE E having pistons F F arranged to gearoperate therein. Disposed beside said cylinders E E and submerged by the operating fluid are force-pumps F F which are connected to said cylinders E E by pipes a to, having arranged therein the check-valves b Z2, three-way valves 0 0, provided with levers c 0 and outlet-ports (l d, communicating with said valvesc c. F F denote pistons working within the cylinders of the force-pumps F F, having check-valves e 0 arranged in the heads thereof.

Secured to the tops of the cylinders E E are arms G G, having bell-crank levers G G arranged at their upper ends, the ends of said bell-crank levers G G being connected with the ends of the valve-levers c c by connecting-rods ff, respectively, and arranged upon the said arms G G, adjacent to the upper ends of the cylinders E E arelevers g g, the ends of which are connected by conmeeting-rods g g to the bell-crank levers G G and G G denote trips secured to the rods of the pistons F F, adapted to strike the ends of the levers G2 G and g g to operate the valves 0 c.

Arranged within the fluid-receptacles E E are bearings II H, in which are mounted shafts II H having fixed thereon pinions H H and eccentrics I I, surrounded by st-rap sections h h, the ends of which are pivotally connected to the ends of the piston-rods ofthe small cylinders F F." J r Above the fluid-receptacles E E." is supportedinbearings J Ja shaft J, having fixed thereon the pinions K K and large gear-wheels K K in mesh with the'pinions H 11 on the eccentric-shafts H H and in front of said shaft J are supported in bear- .ings L L the shafts L L having fixed thereon the large gear-wheels L L meshing with the pinions K K on the shaft J, and. M M dejnote ratchet-wheels fixed upon' said shafts L L provided with operating-levers M M having spring-pawls 'i r) pivoted thereto.

Arranged above the top of the vehicle-body V A and supported in bearings O O are right and left threaded screws 1? P, having fixed at :theirinner ends the hand-Wheels P P and at their outer ends the cranks P P connected by a link P and upon said screws P P intelmediate their respective bearings are traveling heads Q Q, having depending slotted sections in which work the ends of the operating-levers M M. Intermediate the mechanism just described is arranged the steering mechanism, which comprises a vertical shaft R, the lower end of which is connected to the truck of the steering-wheels, a gearwheel R, fixed to the upper end of said shaft,

a shaft R arranged at right angles to the shaft R and supported in bearings R on the Vehicle-body,upon which shaft is fixed a worm R, in mesh with the gear-wheel B, and an operating-wheel R fixed upon the inner end of said shaft R S denotes the brake mechanism, comprising the shaft S, provided with an operatingwheel S and a chain Sor other suitable connection arranged between the lower end of the shaft and a collar 8, fixed on the rear axle C of the vehicle. 1

Within the central depressed portion of the vehicle-body is secured a standard T, upon the top of which is pivotally mounted the U- shaped lever T, the upturned ends of which i are provided with slots j j, through which extend the pins 71, secured to the ends 'of the rods of pistons F F, the outer ends of said pins being guided on the inclined slots Z Z, ar-

ranged in the inner side of the vehicle-body, while the inner opposing ends of said pins 70 7e are guided in the corresponding inclined slotted plates m m, supported upon the ends of the standards it n.

The various trains of gearing whereby the reciprocating movement of the pistons F F is converted into a rotary movement will be best understood by reference to the diagrammatic Fig. 9.

Within the vehicle-body,directly behind the standard '1, the rear of which is recessed, is supported in suitable bearings a shaft 1, having fixed upon its outer ends the ratchet-wheels U Uand the lower ends of the operating-levers V V, said operating-levers having their upper ends slotted and pivotally connected,

with the inner ends of the pistons F F and their lower ends provided with cheek-plates WV, (see Figs. 5 and 6,) between which are located the ratchet-wheels U U, and abovesaid ratchet-wheels are arranged spring-pawls W '2 and 3 denote large gear-wheels which are fixed upon the shaft 1, adjacent to the I ratchet wheels U U. To the rear of and slightly above the shaft 1 is supported a shaft 1, having fixed upon its farther end a pinion 2 in mesh with the gear-wheel 2, and fixed upon its forward end is a large gear-wheel 2,

and above the shaft 1 is located a shaft 1, having fixed near its forward end a pinion 2 and adjacent to its farther end tight and loose pulleys 2, which are connected by a belt 2 to the pulleys D D on the rear axle O of the vehicle, the gearing just described constituting a train capable of imparting a given speed 1 to the vehicle.

To the rear of the shaft 1 and above the shaft 1 is supported a short shaft 1, having .1

fixed at its forward end a pinion 3 in mesh port at into the receptaoleE. simply becomes necessary to rotate the handwheel P in the reverse direction to maintain the apparatus in operation by means of the cylinder and piston F. be understood that while the piston F is being forced out of its cylinder E the piston F pinion 3 and the pulleys 3, is fixed a large I gear-wheel t, and to the rear of and above the shaft 1 is supported a shaft 1, having fixed thereon near its forward end a pinion 4" in mesh with the large gear-wheel 4: on the short shaft 1, and also fixed upon said shaft 1 in front of the pinion 4 are the tight and loose pulleys 4, which are connected by a belt 4 with the pulleys D D on the axle O, and this train of gearing, in combination with the two trains above described, being capable of imparting athird rate of speed to the vehicle.

To the rear of the shaft 1 is supported a short shaft 1, and to the rear of said shaft l is supported a shaft l having fixed at its op posite ends the balance-wheels 5 and near its farther end a pinion 5, which meshes with a large-gear-wheel 5 on the short shaft 1.

5 denotes a pinion fixed upon the farther or rear end of the short shaft 1, which pinion meshes with a large gear-wheel 5, fixed upon the rear end of the shaft 1.

X X X denote belt-shippers for the belts 2 3 4 The operation of the apparatus is as follows: To set the vehicle in motion, the belt 2 must be first shifted upon the fixed pulleys 2 D by means of the belt-shipper X. Hereupon it simply becomes necessary for the operator to rotate one of the hand-wheels P F.

We will assume that the operator is rotating the hand-wheel P on the screw P. This will cause the head Q and lever M to advance in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 3, and rotate the shaft L by means of the ratchet-wheel M and pawl c' and impart a rotary movement to the shaft L, to the large gear-wheel L, pinion K, large gear-Wheel K and pinion H and operate the eccentric I and cause the piston F to force the fluid from the receptacle E into the large cylinder E by way of the pipe a and valve 0 and force the rod of the piston F out of the cylinder E and thereby partially rotate the operating-lever U and the shaft 1. As soon as the trip G on the rod of the piston F strikes the end of the bell-crank lever G it will depress its other end and cause the connecting-rod f to shift the valve 0 to the position indicated at Fig. 7 and as the piston F falls cause the fluid in the cylinder E to be discharged through the valve 0 and the Hereupon it It will of course will be forced into its cylinder E by means of the U-shaped lever T on the standard '1 and the liquid therein discharged into the receptacle E, the operating-lever li/l being returned to its initial position without causing the eccentric I and piston F to operate, and vice versa. The alternating movement of the operating-levers V V will cause the driving-shaft 1 (see Fig. 9) to be continually rotated and set the balance-wheels 5 in motion through the large gear-wheel 2* on the shaft 1, pinion 2 on shaft 1 large gear-wheel 5 on shaft 1", pinion 5 and gear-wheel 5 on shaft 1 and pinion '5 on the balance-wheel shaft 1 At the same time movement will be imparted to the rear axle C of the vehicle from the driving-shaft 1 through the gear-wheel 2,

fixed on said shaft 1, pinion 2 and gearwhee12 on shaft 1 and the pinion 2 and pulleys 2 on shaft 1, said pulleys 2 being connected bya belt 2 with the pulleys D D on the rear axle C of the vehicle. Should the second rate of speed be desired,it simply becomes necessary to shift the belt (i upon the fixed pulleys 3 and D and by means of the belt-shipper X shift the belt 2 upon the loose pulleys. I-Iereupon the movement will be imparted to the rear axle from the shaft 1 through the gearwheel 3 on said shaft, pinion 5" on shaft 1 and pulley 3, which is connected by a belt 3 with the pulley D on the rear axle (Land when the third rate of speed is desired it merely becomes further necessary to shift the belt 3 upon the loose pulleys 3 D by means of the belt-shipper X and shift the belt d upon the fixed pulleys 4 and D by means of the belt-shipper X whereupon the rotary movement will be imparted to the rear axle C by means of the train of gearing 3 3 in combination with the gear-wheel at on shaft 1, pinion 4:, and pulley 4 on shaft 1, said pulley 4 being connected by a belt 4 with the fixed pulley D on the rear axle C. To stop the vehicle, the belt of the train of gearing in operation must first be shifted by means of its respective belt-shipper and the brake then applied by turning the wheel S It will be observed that in the accompanying drawings I have merely shown the underbody portion of the vehicle without the superstructure, which may be of any desirable construction and adapted for either business or pleasure vehicles.

Without limiting myself to the various details of construction, which may be varied within the scope of the invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s--- r 1. In a vehicle of the character specified, a plurality of fluid-receptacles, cylinders adapted to receive a fluid disposed partly within and partly without said receptacles,

pistons arranged to operate within said cylinders having rods projecting beyond the ends thereof, provided with tripping devices, guides for said piston-rods, a lever pivotally mounted having its ends upturned and slot ted and connected with the ends of the piston-rods aforesaid to force the same back into their cylinders, force-pumps disposed within the fluid-receptacles, pipes connecting said force-pumps and cylinders provided with outlet-ports and valves; arms secured to the cylinders each having two levers pivotally secured thereon connected together, and connecting-rods connecting the ends of one lover of each set with the levers of the valves intermediate the force-pumps and cylinders, gearing arranged intermediate the shaft of the rear driving-wheels and said cylinders, shafts provided with eccentrics and ratchetlevers combined with screws having their inner ends provided with hand-wheels and their outer ends with cranks, a connecting-rod connecting said cranks, and traveling heads arranged upon said screw connected with the ends of the ratchet-levers on the eccentric shafts, substantially as specified.

2. In a vehicle of the character specified, the combination with a plurality of fluid-cylinders, provided with force-pumps, means for operating the same, and a pivoted lever havin g its ends upturned and pivotally connected with the ends of the piston-rods of the fluid cylinders, of a main driving-shaft having gear-wheels and ratchet-wheels fixed thereon, operating-levers arranged upon said driving shaft pivotally connected with the ends of the I piston-rods of the fluid cylinders and provided with pawls adapted to engage the ratchet-wheels whereby to rotate the drivingshaft, pulleys fixed upon the axle of the rear wheels of the vehicle, gearing and belts interposed between said pulleys and gearwheels on the driving-shaft, and speed-changing mechanism whereby portions of the gearing may be shifted into operative position to propel the vehicle at different rates of'speed, substantially as specified.

3. In a vehicle of the character specified, the combination with a plurality of fluid-cyL inders provided with force-pumps, means for operating the same, and a pivoted lever having its ends upturned and pivotally connected with the ends of the piston-rods of the fluidcylinders, of a main. driving-shaft having gear-wheels and ratchet-wheels fixed thereon,

operating-levers arranged upon said drivingshaft having their upper ends pivotally connected with the ends of the piston-rods of the fluid-cylinders, and the pivoted levers aforesaid, and their lower ends provided with spring-pawls adapted to engage the ratchetwheels whereby to rotate the main drivingshaft, a series of fixed and loose pulleys arranged upon the rear shaft of the vehicle, a plurality of shafts arranged intermediate the main driving-shaft and the rear shaft, fixed and loose pulleys arranged upon said intermediate shafts, belts connecting the pulleys of said intermediate shafts with the pulleys on the rear shaft, gear-wheels fixed upon said intermediate shafts meshing with the gearwheels on the main driving-shaft, and means IIO for shifting the belts connecting the pulleys of the intermediate shafts with the pulleys on the rear shaft whereby to cause the same to rotate the rear shaft and the vehicle at different rates of speed, substantially as specified.

4. In a vehicle of the eharacterspecified,the receptacles E, E carried by said vehicle, and

, having cylinders E E arranged therein provided with pistons F, F, force-pumps F F and valves 0, 0, means for alternately operating said force-pumps and valves, and the pivoted lever T connected with the ends of the piston-rods F, F, combined with the drivingshaft 1 having gear-wheels 2, 3 and ratchetwheels U, U fixed thereon, operating-levers V, V having their upper ends connected with the ends of the pivoted lever T and the ends of the piston-rods F, F, a shaft 1 having balance-Wheels 5 fixed thereon and operated by the driving-shaft 1 through the train of gearing 2", 5", 5 5, 5; the rear shaft 0 having fixed thereon the sets of pulleys D, D, D D D D, the pulley D being operated by the driving-shaft 1 through the train of gearing 2, 2 2, 2 fixed pulley 2 and belt 2 the pulley D operated through the train 3, 3 fixed pulley 3 and belt 3, and pulley D operated through the train 4:, 4 fixed pulley 4 and belt 43, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

Signed at the city of New York, in the county and State of New York, this 2d day of August, 1899. I

OTTO WAEOI-ITERSHAEUSER. \Vitnesses:

SAMUEL STURTZ, CORNELIUS HUTH. 

